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For the Smith family and thousands like them, the future looks bleak.

With amped-up drama, comedy and action this time around, Brooker knows he’s made something “quite mainstream” for his often bleak, beloved storytelling outlet.

Today, the mood around angry young guys seems pretty bleak.

This problem is represented starkly in the bleak picture Adolescence paints of male-female friendships in the social media age.

He was put on a ventilator and doctors gave a bleak prognosis.